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In A Place Like This

—Preface—

“Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”

As Hermes ran along, it asked Kino this.

“Dunno…”

She cocked her head as she replied.

Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.

Clouds covered the sky without fail and it was only a sheet of white. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone Motorad.

Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the extra-long hem rolled up to her thighs.

“Whaddya mean, Ms. Dunno?”

“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”

“I knew it. Well, it’s camel flag around here, I guess.”

“…I think you mean camouflage.”

“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”

“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”

As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in this manner,

“Ah…”

This was what Kino found.

It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. The huge letters inscribed on it—.

Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to the sign,

“Uuugh…”

And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:

“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”

How can this be, Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.

“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”

So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.

“An afterword all of a sudden in the book—. It’s within the realm of some authors, though. This is just one of them.”

“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”

Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.

Okay, so, the afterword.

As usual, no spoilers. Reading this before the subsequent stories in this book is fine, too.

So now Kino’s gone up to X.

“Volume 10” is just one word, but since the year 2000 when the first volume went on sale, six years have passed. So if you’ve been reading since you were in sixth grade, you’re a high school senior, now. Amazing. As for me, it’s been a plentiful six years of experience and growth, I believe.

In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.

The book’s application manuscript that was originally the grand-prize winner of Dengeki Game Novel. That it came this far is, by far, because of reader support.

For this turning point as the tenth volume, I am gratified again. Thank you.

However…… I must deliver some very disheartening news.

I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.

I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.

I can’t think up any more...

For an interesting afterword!

October 2006 Keiichi Sigsawa, The Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future

P.S. I’ll try my best.

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-Some day, some month, in the year 2001. A phone rang in Keiichi Sigsawa’s apartment.
+In A Place Like This
+—Preface—
-Sigsawa: [pick up the phone] “Hello, who is this?”
-Mysterious man: “Is this the Sigsawa residency?”
-Sigsawa: “I don’t deny that, but who are you?”
+“Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Sorry for not introducing myself. I am Kino”
+As Hermes ran along, it asked Kino this.
-Sigsawa: “… I don’t get what you mean.”
+“Dunno…”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I said I am Kino, the same Kino in your novel. Nice to meet you.”
+She cocked her head as she replied.
-Sigsawa: “… sorry but I am going to hang up now.”
+Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Don’t do that, I hardly got the chance to speak with you! Isn’t that very rude!”
+Clouds covered the sky without fail and it was only a sheet of white. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone Motorad.
-Sigsawa: “Well… sorry but you sound too old to be Kino.”
+Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the extra-long hem rolled up to her thighs.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Yes, I am already fifty four years old. I work as a lecturer in a university for economics, I am quite popular
+“Whaddya mean, Ms. Dunno?”
-with the students and received a lot of chocolate on valentine.”
-Sigsawa: “I didn’t ask for that! How did you get my number anyway?”
+“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I could still find out even if no one told me, I am Kino after all.”
+“I knew it. Well, it’s camel flag around here, I guess.”
-Sigsawa: “… if you are Kino, then where is Hermes?”
+“…I think you mean camouflage.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I ran into Caesar and Hermes was having a duel with his dog.”
+“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”
-Sigsawa: “… a duel with Hun? How?”
+“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “They have been insulting each other for three days and three nights, they say they are going to settle it with a
+As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in
-meter back stroke. Hermes has left for the sea with a pair of diving goggles, but he hasn’t returned yet, he could have been
+this manner,
-swept out to open sea.”
-Sigsawa: “… what about Caesar?”
+“Ah…”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Someone on the forum said Caesar is pedophilic stalker of Kino, that man has went to get any explanation out of
+This was what Kino found.
-them. It will take sometime cause there is a number of them”
-Sigsawa: “… what about your master?”
+It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. The huge letters inscribed on
+it—.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “She’s been charged under the Fire Arms Act and is in police custody at Shibuya station. I bet she will escape in no time. She will be more then a match for the police, maybe they will need to mobilize the armed forces.”
+Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to the sign,
-Sigsawa: “… you don’t talk like that in my works”
+“Uuugh…”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Fu--- you are something.”
+And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:
-Sigsawa: “What do you mean by that?”
+“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Of course I meant ‘For His Safety’ being rejected again. Will it ever be used in a novel?”
-Sigsawa: “Wait! How did you know that? Only my editor and that spider that I talk to in my room know.”
+How can this be, Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Because I am Kino.”
+“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”
-Sigsawa: “…”
+So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I know a lot about you. For instance, ‘Even a Dog Doesn’t Eat’ was edited from a rejected short story from
+“An afterword all of a sudden in the book—. It’s within the realm of some authors, though. This is just one of them.”
-book 2. The version of ‘Avenger’ you submitted to Denki Games Novel prize has a scene where I was wounded and lying half-naked for treatment, not to mention sewing up my jacket. My name was taken from a male character from another story, you were worried that the name would fail after the first chapter.”
-Sigsawa: “Wow!”
+“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Wow’?”
+Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.
-Sigsawa: “Yea! … Wow! I never thought Kino really did exist! You are Kino right?”
-Kino: “I already told you that… Just because you are the author doesn’t mean you have to be suspicious all the time.”
-Sigsawa: “Sorry! I shouldn’t have doubted you… ”
+Okay, so, the afterword.
-Kino: “I will be leaving now.”
+As usual, no spoilers. Reading this before the subsequent stories in this book is fine, too.
-Sigsawa: “No wait! Don’t go! Please! Let’s chat a bit more! Tell me which country is the most memorable, please tell me so I can
+So now Kino’s gone up to X.
-write it down.”
-Kino: “Sadly… my three days are up.”
+“Volume 10” is just one word, but since the year 2000 when the first volume went on sale, six years have passed. So if you’ve been reading since you were in sixth grade, you’re a high school senior, now. Amazing. As for me, it’s been a plentiful six years of experience and growth, I believe.
-Sigsawa: “… please five more minutes!”
+In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.
-Kino: [Loud engine noise]”Come on, Hermes. Let’s go. Goodbye.”
+The book’s application manuscript that was originally the grand-prize winner of Dengeki Game Novel.
+That it came this far is, by far, because of reader support.
-Sigsawa: “No wait!”
+For this turning point as the tenth volume, I am gratified again. Thank you.
-Kino: [Voice getting distance]“Hermes, is that seaweed?”
-Sigsawa: “Ah… Wait! Please don’t leave.[tears flowing]”
+However…… I must deliver some very disheartening news.
-[Do---Do—Do---]
+I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.
+I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.
-Keiichi Sigsawa Jan 2002
+I can’t think up any more...
+For an interesting afterword!
+October 2006
+Keiichi Sigsawa, The Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future
+P.S. I’ll try my best.

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